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Mountain Springs Canyon

Occurrence in Inyo county in California, United States with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036151
MRDS ID M024207
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain Springs Canyon
Related records 10260621

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.50534, 35.9472 (WGS84)
Relative position NORTH SIDE OF MOUNTAIN SPRING CANYON, NEAR ITS HEAD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mountain Springs Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ridgecrest(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Indian Wells-Searles Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

NAVY(Federal land areas administered by NAVY)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023S 041E 12 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.50534, 35.9472
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894; 12TH REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST: CA. STATE MIN. BUR., P. 326

  • Deposit

    JENKINS, O.P., 1948, IRON RESOURCES IN CALIFORNIA; CA. DIV. MINES, BULL. 129, P. 295

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LEDGE OF HEMATITE, FLOAT VERY ABUNDANT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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